http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2009/g-20080328141610687038 en http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-194077.aspx IGN Says: Grab your steel chair, elbow pads, and Magic Marker-laden poster board -- the SmackDown Countdown is finally here. For eight years IGN's been teaming with THQ to bring you videos, screens, and information for every playable character in the latest WWE videogame, and this year is no different -- except for the fact that it's very different. Rather than hand you the entire roster at the onset of this feature and then profiling the people on it day by day, we're going to give you the roster one person at a time. news Sep 4, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-193452.aspx IGN Says: Grab your steel chair, elbow pads, and Magic Marker-laden poster board -- the SmackDown Countdown is finally here. For eight years IGN's been teaming with THQ to bring you videos, screens, and information for every playable character in the latest WWE video game, and this year is no different -- except for the fact that it's very different. Rather than hand you the entire roster at the onset of this feature and then profiling the people on it day by day, we're going to give you the roster one person at a time. news Sep 4, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-192751.aspx Grab your steel chair, elbow pads, and Magic Marker-laden poster board -- the SmackDown Countdown is finally here. For eight years IGN's been teaming with THQ to bring you videos, screens, and information for every playable character in the latest WWE video game, and this year is no different -- except for the fact that it's very different. Rather than hand you the entire roster at the onset of this feature and then profiling the people on it day by day, we're going to give you the roster one person at a time. That's right; every day we'll be announcing a new character in the game. news Sep 3, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-192123.aspx IGN Says: Grab your steel chair, elbow pads, and Magic Marker-laden poster board -- the SmackDown Countdown is finally here. For eight years IGN's been teaming with THQ to bring you videos, screens, and information for every playable character in the latest WWE video game, and this year is no different -- except for the fact that it's very different. Rather than hand you the entire roster at the onset of this feature and then profiling the people on it day by day, we're going to give you the roster one person at a time. news Sep 1, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-181403.aspx WWE man-mountain Randy Orton last night became an unlikely defender of the industry's creative freedoms, urging developers to fight back against critics with a rallying cry for more violence in videogames. news Aug 9, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-165231.aspx Videogamer reports that the WWE headliners will be appearing on the cover art for WWE SmackDown vs RAW 2009. THQ and Jakks Pacific have today announced that WWE superstars Tripple H and Shawn Michaels will be featured on the cover of WWE SmackDown vs RAW 2009. This is the fifth time Triple H has appeared on a cover for a WWE video game, while Shawn Michaels will make his cover debut. news Jul 4, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2009/preview/tna-impact-vs-smackdown-2009/a-20080516114531399026/g-20080328141610687038 A Wii-specific preliminary comparison preview May 16, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2009/news/wwe-smackdown-vs-clinton-vs-obama/a-20080421151031967082/g-20080328141610687038 VIDEO: Senators square off in wrasslin' ring news Apr 21, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/f/the-visual-history-of-wwe-smackdown/a-2008041794630915032/g-20080328141610687038 From hard body jaggies to marble-sculpted brawlers, we chart the smoothing of the beefcake feature Apr 17, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-133364.aspx WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 publisher THQ has dismissed comments from TNA wrestling star Kurt Angle that its game is going to look like all the other games in the past, labelling it trash talk. news Apr 10, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-130627.aspx THQ has today unveiled the key titles that will form the publisher's fiscal 2009 video game line-up. Scheduled for release in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2009 are a range of new editions to existing franchises, new original games and social and party titles. Gamers can look forward to new editions of multi-million unit franchises, including Saints Row 2, Red Faction: Geurrilla and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. All new video game titles on the way include Darksiders: Wrath of War, Deadly Creatures and de Blob. Additionally THQ plans to release new social and party games for the Wii, including Battle of the Bands and Big Beach Sports. news Apr 3, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-130020.aspx Get all of the latest Wii News and Reviews Here! In the show they discuss: -Goldeneye 64 -Commodore 64 -Top Spin 3 And also talk about... -Rock Band -Military bomb disposal use of wii-mote -Virtual Console News -Smackdown vs Raw 2009 and update you on Pay N Play! news Apr 2, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2009/videos/g-20080328141610687038/v-20080328153523771024 video Mar 28, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2009/screenshots/g-20080328141610687038 screenshot Mar 28, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2009/screenshots/g-20080328141610687038 screenshot Mar 28, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2009/screenshots/g-20080328141610687038 screenshot Mar 28, 2008 http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-128732.aspx From IGN- Cory Ledesma is the Vince McMahon of THQ's SmackDown vs. Raw franchise. No -- to our knowledge -- he doesn't make a public spectacle out of firing his underlings, fighting his coworkers in steel cages or having a bizarre relationship with Hornswoggle, but if you wanted to know exactly what was happening with the WWE, you'd ask Vince, and if you wanted to know exactly what's up with THQ's annual grappler, you'd ask Cory, the title's senior creative manager. news Mar 28, 2008 http://www.gamesradar.com/wii/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2009/preview/wwe-smackdown-vs-raw-2009-first-look/a-20080328155621394083/g-20080328141610687038 New AI, Overhauled Tag Team mode and Create-A-Finisher featured in tenth SmackDown preview Mar 28, 2008